My animated GIF: HIVE logo with liquid particles | After Effects Tutorial #171 [ENG]

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Good night to the entire HIVE Lovers community. Today I will share a new GIF with all you guys; A GIF made with a very curious edition, with a liquid particle style. - A very practical tutorial for lovers of art and graphic design. ¡I hope you like it!


¿What do you need?


  • You need to have After Effects installed.

    • At the end I will leave the download link

    Creation process:


    PART 1: Composition


  • Start by creating a new composition.

  • In the pop-up window you will modify the composition values.

    • In my case, the size is 1280 px x 720 px, black color.

    PART 2: Create a solid

    We select Layer/New/Solid.

    I'll name it «BG».

    PART 3: Import files


    Press File/Import/Files...

  • Select the file «HIVE LOGO», press import.

  • Drag the file onto the artboard.

    • PART 4: Create particles

    Select Layer/New/Solid.

    I'll name it «Particle».

    Go to Effect/Simulation/CC Particle World.

  • Change the Birth Rate value to 0.1.

  • Change the Longevity (sec) value to 5.

  • Display the values of Physics:

  • Change the Velocity value to 0.5.

  • Change the Gravity value to 0.

  • Display the values of Particle:

  • In the Particle Type option, change Line for Lens Concave.

  • Change the Birth Size value to 0.5.

  • Change the Max Opacity value to 100.

    • Go to Effect/Generate/Fill.

  • Select the Color option, choose the logotype color.

    • PART 5: Add fast blur effect

    Go to Layer/New/Adjustment Layer.

    I'll name it «Fast Blur».

    Go to Effect/Blur & Sharpen/Fast Box Blur.

  • Change the Blur Radius value to 10.

    • Go to Effect/Colocr correction/Levels.

  • Change the Imput Black value to 125.

  • Change the Imput White value to 135.

    • PART 6: Pre-compose and edit position

  • Select all layers, press right click.

    • Go to the pre-compose option and press accept.

    I will name it «HIVE».

  • Select the composition «HIVE», press the letter "P".

    • Position frames will open.

  • Change the Position value to 285.

    • PART 7: Add text


  • Select the text tool in the upper section.

    • Make sure that the selected font is Montserrat ExtraBold.

  • Create a text.

    • I will write «HIVE».

    PART 8: Export GIF

    Press Composition/Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue...

  • Make sure the output format is in animated .gif, and hit the export button.

    • And this is the final result:


    Here ends the tutorial, I hope you find it useful. @rpcaceres say goodbye. ;)


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